Like me, the hon. Gentleman supports banning the use of wild animals in circuses. One of the solutions is to export those wild animals to new homes. If I understand the matter correctly, an unintended consequence of a blanket ban would be that we could not find new homes for those wild animals.
Animal Welfare (Exports)
Proceeding contribution from
Thomas Docherty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 December 2012.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Animal Welfare (Exports).
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